BUTTERFLIES BOOSTED BY BRIGG'S BIGGEST BUDDLEIA

A haven for butterflies in Brigg is about to enter a busy period.
What is surely the town's biggest Buddleia bush is located on the Kings Avenue side of the Davy Memorial Playing Field.
This expansive feature hosted a few colourful Peacock butterflies basking in the sun early yesterday morning (Saturday, August 8).

But a look back through Brigg Blog's archive suggests that mid to late August in past years has seen this bush and other Buddleias on and near this playing field proving popular with butterflies.
So perhaps this spectacle will be repeated in the weeks ahead, especially if we get some more sunny and hot weather.
Our council does a fine job keeping this playing field in trim. But it's also good to see that the perimeter's foliage is being permitted to offer nature a helping hand. Yesterday we noted many bees and other insects in and around the bushes.
But we still think it would be a good idea if the council and/or Brigg in Bloom sowed some wild flowers on the steep grassy bank near the railway line, on the Bigby Road edge of the Davy field (see picture below).
In the 1960s this verge was left alone by the grass-trimming team from Brigg Urban District Council and attracted many butterfly species, including some Painted Ladies which love thistles. These days the bank is trimmed, together with the playing field grass beneath.